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GIL COAN |
BOSTON RED SOX ...
THE
CURSE OF THE BAMBINO, PART 3
A
SUBWAY SERIES DISAPPEARS ...
Washington completes the sweep of the Red Sox
May 30, 1948 ... Dropping
their fourth straight and 11th in 13 road games, the Red Sox bowed to
Early Wynn, before a rainy day gathering of 11,340 at Griffith
Stadium, the final score being 8-1. The humiliation of a shutout was
averted when the veteran Wally Moses batted home the Sox only run as
a pinch-hitter in the eighth-inning. Wynn pitched perfectly today,
scattering five blows, having but one shaky inning, walking but one and throwing
only 97 pitches. Denny Galehouse, usually poison to Washington (winning four of
his last five), weakened in the seventh inning to see the game blow up sky high.
Eddie Stewart hurt the Red Sox cause with a home run and a double, while Gil
Coan also homered. Galehouse had two away in the first when Coan singled through
the middle.
Stewart, and next Yankee and Pirates outfielder, picked up during
Washington's last visit to Boston, took a called ball and then blasted the next
pitch over the high 328 foot right-field fence for his first home run of the
year, for a 2-0 Washington lead.
Galehouse rode along even with Wynn through the first five innings, but the
roof fell in as the rain began to let up. Up 2 to 0, Stewart doubled to the
right-field corner to open the seventh for Washington. Mickey Vernon flied out
to DiMaggio, but Junior Wooten singled to left scoring Stewart. Al Evans got
things going with a ground single to center as Wooten held second. He scored on
Johnny Sullivan's single to center and Evans scored on Eddie Yost's hard single
to left. That was all for Galehouse and Harry Dorish took over to get out of the
inning.
Wynn weakened for the only time during the game in the Sox eighth when the
Sox knocked in a run as Doerr walked and Tebbetts beat out an infield hit the
third. Moses batted for Dorish and hit the first pitch to right first single
that scored Doerr.
Earl Johnson took over the pitching duties in the eighth and was blasted for
Coan's third Homer the year over the right-field wall. He was fourth retire with
a three and one count on Wooten when he slipped and sprained his ankle. Chuck
stops came in and Evans tripled to deep right center to score Byrne and Wooten
for an 8 to 1 final score.
Even Ted Williams was shutout and four tries. Johnny Pesky aggravated his leg
muscle injury prior to the start of the game and was replaced by Billy
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